Sunday, April 17, 2011

You can be gay, but you can’t tell anyone?

Why are most Malays such hypocrites?

I just read an article on Azwan Ismail, the Muslim Malay man who publicly announced that he was gay online. I was shocked by how many enraged Malays there were based on the comments I’ve seen. Why was this shocking to me? Because being Malay (and therefore Muslim) and gay is not an alien notion. It’s been around for so long. I’ve met plenty of gays and lesbians. I am friends with some gays. Heck, the place I get my hair cut is run by gays and transsexuals. Almost everyone I know is okay with being friends with gays or those who are obviously gay, so what’s with the countless death threats and enraged comments?

That’s where the hypocrisy comes in. The way I see it, most Malays are okay with being friends with gays or suspected gays, as long as it is not made public that these guys are gays… Did that make sense? Basically, it goes something like this: “If I don’t know for sure that you’re gay, then it’s alright, but if you tell everyone you’re gay, then you’re going to hell”.

Fucked up, isn’t it?